Coast to Coast: Mumbai to the Mission

Bay Area Filmmakers in Person

From light comedy to dark wit, this year’s kaleidoscope of cinematic offerings engage the intimate, personal and the intellectual: Bollywood and Bolsheviks revels in the pleasures of classic cinema, while the Spice Sisters sizzle down under; Brown Girls assert their sexuality and independence in Chicago, while artists in San Francisco struggle to claim their home in No Vacancy; and Disco Obu takes a humorous and poignant look on the ephemeral nature of fame.